What Is Ehcache

Ehcache is an open source, standards-based cache used to boost performance, offload the database and simplify scalability. Ehcache is robust, proven and full-featured and this has made it the most widely-used Java-based cache.

It can scale from in-process with one or more nodes through to a mixed in-process/out-of-process configuration with terabyte-sized caches. For applications needing a coherent distributed cache, Ehcache uses the open source Terracotta Sever Array.

Ehcache is actively developed, maintained and supported as a professional open source project by Terracotta, Inc. and is available under an Apache 2 license. In addition to the full-featured open source Ehcache edition, Terracotta offers enterprise editions of Ehcache with 24x7 Professional Support, Consulting, and Training services worldwide.